There is fighting around Balaklia, near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. Kharkiv, which is 25 miles from Russia, remains under Ukrainian control but is targeted almost daily by missile attacks. Serhiy Leshchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian president, promised “excellent news” from the Kharkiv region. A video on social media appeared to show Ukrainian troops riding an armored personnel carrier through Balakliya, a town of about 27,000. • Russian troops are a few miles away — but life goes on in Ukrainian villages• Watchdog demands safe zone around Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant Pro-Moscow military analysts said Russia left only the Rosgvardia national guard
